Chapter 90

After their fight, Michel did not see Fanny again that night.

Instead, he focused on an emergency meeting he held at the office, filling out all the Black Roses members about the situation and planning to use Archibald’s phone to contact Mr. Aiden.

When everyone had left, he went to the large living room and sat at the piano, running his fingers over the keys in the dark before hitting the opening notes of the gentle melody he had composed many years ago.

He needed to lose himself for a moment, just let go of all the emotions that had tortured him for the past few hours.

It’s not obvious to most people, but as the leader of the Black Roses gang, the responsibility falls heavily on his shoulders and he sometimes has trouble dealing with the realities of his situation.

Michel played for a few minutes, the soothing sound swallowing him whole until a floorboard creaked behind him.

Cutting off the middle note, he turned to find Fanny standing there, he